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k) In ventor y I MA mmy-g 452 467 Foamy Patented Dec. 7, 1943 I UNITEDSTATES wean SLAISHER Stacy PI. uzts, Hodges, S. 0. Application April10,1942, Serial No. 438,476

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to nowand useful improvements in textilemachines and morev particularly to the treatment of strands of yarn witha sizing solution before winding on the loom beams.

Heretofore it has been th practice to draw the yarn from the creels ontowarper beams, remove the warper beams from the warper winding machineand remount the warper beams on the sizing and drying machine. Thesevarious operations consume considerable time and waste and accordinglyit is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus wherebythe strands are drawn directly from a battery of creels direct to thesolution tank and thence to the loom beam, without the usualintermediate step of first drawing the strands from the creels to awarper beam and then drawing the strands from the warper beam to thesolution tank for eventual winding on the loom beam.

A further object is to provide an adjustable slasher lease reed toseparate the strands so as to take lease strings before entering thesizing solution and to also provide a means for guiding the strandsunder a walk-Way disposed transversely of the machine in order that anattendant may Work from a position directly in front of the lease reedfor feeding the strands to the reed and for repairing broken strandswhen necessary.

A further object is to provide a slasher lease reed of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable inperformance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout and in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevational view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan View showing the position of thegathering rolls and comb with respect to the slasher lease reed and thevertical adjusting means'for each side of the reed.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view through theadjustable frame for the reed.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary end elevational view of one end of the reedframe.

Figure 5 is a front elevational view of the reed and reed frame withparts broken away and shown in section. 7

Figure 6 is a front elevational view of, the gath'T ering comb.

Figure 7 isva vertical sectional view through the walk-way extendingtransversely of the machine, and

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, Figure 1 represents the sideelevational View of an assembled yarn sizing machine which includes the4 magazine creel 5, the rear gathering comb viigthe the loom beam illmounted on the end thereof in which the yarn is wound after sizing.

The comb G and lease reed l are mounted on a frame structure, designatedgenerally at H, on the rear upper portion of which is mounted a pair ofvertically spaced guide rollers 12 for gathering the strands of yarn [3from the battery of creels for traveling in a horizontal plane throughthe teeth M of the rear comb 6, the comb being supported in an uprightposition on a base [5 on the upper edge of the frame I l. The teeth ofthe comb separate the yarn transversely.

From the comb 6 the yarn travels to the slasher lease reed, designatedgenerally at l, which includes a plate member l5 having a plurality ofvertically extending slots l1 formed therein; the slots being arrangedin groups of varying lengths, as shown to advantage in Figure 5 of thedrawings, the upper ends of the slots of the respective groupsterminating in staggered relation to space the strands l3 verticallywhen lease reed is lowered to insert lease strings as the strands passthrough the reed.

The plate I6 is slidably mounted in a frame I! extending transversely ofthe machine, the frame having upper and lower channel guides 11 8 and I9slidably receiving the upper and lower edges of the reed plate, one endof the plate having an adjusting screw 20 attached thereto and threadedthrough an adjacent leg 2| of the frame for adjusting the platetransversely.

Each end of the frame ll is secured to a leg 2i by screws or the like(not shown), the legs projecting downwardly from the frame and areprovided with teeth 22 formed on the inner faces thereof engagingpinions 23 secured on shafts 24 and 25 journaled at opposite sides ofthe frame ll. Each of the shafts 24 and 25 is provided with worm wheels2% operatively engaged by worms 2'! on a transversely extending shaft 28projecting from one side of the frame and having an operating wheel 29on the outer end thereof. The legs or rack bars 2| are slidably mountedin guides 30 at the respective opposite sides of the frame ll.

Immediately adjacent the frame II and forwardly of the reed 1 is atransversely extending walk-way indicated generally at 3|, whichcomprises a transversely extending rear shield 32 and a transverselyextending front shield 33 extending vertically in spaced relation toeach other and connected at their lower ends by a bridge portion 34;

A roller 35 is journaled at the upper end of the rear shield 32, while aroller 36 is journaled at the bottom portion thereof, and the frontshieldi- 33 is likewise provided with an upper roller 31 and lowerroller 38. The yarn 13 travels from: the reed 1 over the upper roller35. under the roller 36, and under the bridge portion 34 to the lowerroller 38 and then upwardly over theupper roller 31 and then overrollers 39, in and.around a submerged roller 40 in the sizing vat 8'.From. theroller 40, the yarn travels between squeezing rollersfl' to thedrying machine 9.

From the dryer 9, the yarn travels to the separatorfrods 420iconventional construction before being wound on the loom beam [0.

From. the foregoing it will be. apparent the strand'si3are effectivelygathered from thebattery of'creels by the rollers I2 and maintained in"a transversely spaced position. by the comb 6 before. reaching the.slasher lease reed 1, and the. walk-way 3| provides convenient means forthe attfindanttdinitially draw the strands through the reed intoposition for guiding through the sizing solution.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of thedevice will be readily understood from the foregoing without furtherdetailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is:

1. A textile machine comprising in combination, a creel magazine, asizing apparatus for treating strands of yarn from the creels andwinding the same on a loom beam, means for gathering the strands of yarnfor traveling in a horizontal transversely separated position, meansbetween the gathering means and the sizing apparatus for separating thestrands vertically, a walk-way extending transversely of the machineadjacent the, last-named means, and means for guiding the strands fromsaid last-named means under'tlie'walk-way to the sizing apparatus.

2. A textile machine comprising in combination, acreel magazine, asizing apparatus for treating; strands of yarn. from the creels andwinding; the same on a 100m beam, means for gatheringthe strands of yarnfor traveling ina horizontal transversely separated position, a slasherlease reed between the gathering means and the sizing apparatus forseparating the strands vertically, a Walk-way extending trans,- verselyof the machine adjacent the reed, and

means for guiding the strands from the reed under the walk-way to thesizing apparatus.

STACY P. OUZTS.

